Alternative Items - Selection Criteria 
Use this window to select an alternative item for a missing item when creating sales and purchasing documents.
In a sales or purchasing document, on the Contents tab, in the Item No. field, enter an item number.
Place your cursor In the Item No. field and press CTRL+TAB.
This topic documents fields and other elements in this window that either are not self-explanatory or require additional information. End of the note. |
NoteAlternative Items Selection Criteria Fields
Displays the warehouse of the original item.
A list of alternative items with a positive quantity for the selected warehouse is displayed. To view alternative items in all warehouses, leave the Warehouse field empty. The warehouse in the document will not be updated automatically when you select an alternative item from a different warehouse. If this is required, change the warehouse manually before adding the document. End of the note. |
Displays the price of the alternative item.
If the business partner has special prices for some of the alternative items, the item and the special price appear in blue. You can change the price in the marketing document only after selecting the alternative item. End of the note. |
The available quantity of an item is displayed. This figure comprises: Inventory in warehouse + Ordered quantities – Committed Quantities from sales orders |
Displays the quantity of the alternative items in the warehouse. The value is displayed for the warehouse selected above. If the field is empty, the total quantity of the alternative items in all warehouses is displayed. |
Displays the value to specify the matching degree in points. A higher value represents a higher match.
Item 1001 has two alternative items: 1002 and 1003. The matching factor defined for item 1002 is 100 and for item 1003 is 80. If there is no item 1001 in the warehouse, item 1002 can replace it, as it has the highest matching factor. End of the example. |
ExampleDisplays an additional value for a match factor.
You can link a saved query to this field. In this case, use the formatted search to calculate the correct value. You can also enter the value manually. End of the note. |
Displays the total of Match Factor and Additional Match. |
Displays the remarks for the alternative items. |
Choose to select the alternative item for the marketing document. |
Choose to display the Alternative Items (Show Tree) window. This window displays the relationship between the items and shows hierarchies. |
Choose to display the Alternative Items window to define additional alternative items. |